Phase 2 — Core Bioinformatics
Module 07

Sequence Alignment

Map sequencing reads to a reference genome. Understand SAM/BAM formats, alignment flags, and how to extract useful statistics. You cannot do differential expression or variant calling without this step.

Weeks 9–10Timeline
~14 hrsStudy time
FREEAlways
What you'll learn

Topics covered in this module

STAR
HISAT2
SAMtools
SAM/BAM format
featureCounts
IGV

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